Auckland, New Zealand
I’m Krsnendu Dasa, an educator, digital strategist and founder of Successful Vaisnavas. I help people turn meaningful ideas into useful work.
01 / About
For more than three decades, my work has sat at the meeting point of Krishna-conscious service, education and practical innovation. I spent around ten years teaching at Auckland’s Hare Krishna school and have remained involved with its board and community for more than twenty years.
My path has also included competitive triathlon, marketing, web development and online education. The settings change, but the underlying question remains the same: how can we use our particular abilities well—and in service to Krishna and his mission?
02 / Current work
A few of the projects through which I teach, build and serve.
03 / Involvement
Selected contributions to education, community development, online learning and Krishna-conscious outreach.
In the 1990s, helped revive book distribution, developed congregational preaching by introducing the siksa programme and bhakti-vriksha model, and started Sunday school programs.
Served for about ten years as a Board of Trustees member, teacher and manager. Working with principal Prana Prabhu, helped grow the school from 10 students to nearly 100 within five years.
Content creation and marketing strategy.
Course design, lesson presentation, content creation and marketing strategy.
Promoter and adviser to the membership programme.
I currently manage the online course and am responsible for its marketing.
07I currently manage the online course and am responsible for its marketing, while also serving as an adviser and content producer. I also helped develop the 5 Drops Formula.
Advertising adviser and community member.
04 / The thread
Competitive triathlon taught me to value steady effort, honest feedback and the cumulative power of daily practice.
Teaching and helping guide a school community showed me what becomes possible when people act with shared purpose.
Digital tools now let me bring those lessons to wider communities through programmes, conversations and systems.
05 / A guiding idea
“Gifts are something
to be given.”
Each person brings a distinct nature and set of abilities. Our work is to understand them, develop them and offer them in a way that benefits others.